Read this sentence: Much of the shoreline of the reservoir consists of near-
perpendicular sandstone bluffs, where very little flora ever
did or ever could subsist, but the remainder includes bays,
coves, sloping hills and the many side canyons, where the
original plant life has been drowned and new plant life
cannot get a foothold.
Why does Abbey write poetically about the beauty of Glen Canyon?
O A. To appeal to the reader's emotions
B. To show his funny side
C. To appeal to the reader's sense of logic
D. To establish his credibility

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

“skateboarding is a sport combining grace, courage and skill, and here we see it being born.” based on this passage, what inference can you make about the author’s opinion of skateboarding? a. the author does not think skateboarding is a ‘real’ sport. c. the author feels skateboarding should be illegal. b. the author feels skateboarding is only appealing to very young children. d. the author respects and appreciates skateboarding as a sport.

Which form does a verb take when the subject receives the action? passive active imperative indicative